“Hegseth has a thing against women in the military. He always has, and that’s why he’s pushing this narrative.” @amymcgrath.bsky.social on Defense Secretary Hegseth’s false claim that military standards had been lowered to accommodate minorities and women.

hey do you guys remember the last time trump did urban warfare in portland

Hey, it's spreading. www.mediaite.com/politics/ste...

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

Portland is not war ravaged. Chicago doesn’t need to be “saved”. Undocumented immigrants do not qualify for Medicaid. People should not have to “prove they matter” to get healthcare. ICE should not be allowed to cover their faces. This shutdown is being done to save healthcare.

Seems like the guy on the moped triggered them by blocking their way. Rather than getting out to deescalate, they tried teargassing him. Normal stuff. bsky.app/profile/clan...

ICE just gassed a group a civilians near the Rico Fresh supermarket intersection on Armitage in Chicago - bystanders say this was in response for being heckled from the street.

Trump relishes being a heartless bastard. Let’s squash his joy. Democrats should host an Epstein marathon at the Capitol until Republicans concede and Congress passes a budget that fully restores Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid funding AND sees a release of the unredacted Epstein files.

Democrats are fighting to preserve an Obamacare tax credit. Without it, a 55-year-old couple making $85K would see their premiums more than triple to $24,535.

"When you can't lead, you distract. Its propaganda 101." The truth about Medicaid and undocumented immigrants.

Harry Enten: "Who do Americans blame more for the shutdown? They blame Republicans. The New York Times -- by 7 points they blame Republicans. Marist -- blame Trump and Republicans by 12 points. How about Washington Post? By a 17 point margin."

Even Grok knows the truth and is shouting it in ALL CAPS.

Here’s @tinanguyen.bsky.social detailing the results of the incredible settlement YouTube paid to Trump for no reason except cowardice www.theverge.com/policy/79135...

Democrats are proposing we extend tax credits that are helping millions of Americans better afford health care. Without them, ACA premiums will double. 71% of Americans support that position. That’s the “crazy” policy Republicans are criticizing us for.

Trump promised an infrastructure bill for 4 years in his first term. Said it was coming in 2 weeks many times. Never delivered one. Democrats then delivered critically needed funding for crumbling infrastructure. Now Russ Vought is taking that away. But only in blue states.

Let me introduce you to my friend, TN State Rep Aftyn Behn. She is running in a special election for Congress in TN-07. She is the only woman running in a field of 14 men. She’s tough. She’s real. She knows what she’s doing. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

If George Washington heard Pete Hegseth’s “warrior ethos” speech, he’d probably raise an eyebrow, according to an American history professor. For Washington, real strength came from self-control and being morally grounded.

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.

This is lovely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_yJ...

Mario was covering the No Kings protest when he was detained. This is an open effort to suppress and intimidate the press and a horrifying miscarriage of justice.

This is some of the best messaging I’ve seen so far from the Democratic Party. Please forward far and wide. @indivisible.org @indivisiblenoco.com @indivisible-co.bsky.social NOCO #copolitics @hcrichardson.bsky.social Hold the line - @hickenlooper.senate.gov @bennet.senate.gov

Thank you, General (Retired) Mark Hertling, for saying what all of us who have served know we serve the Constitution and will not execute any order that goes against our oath.

History has many painful lessons.

I came across this video by Sarah Taber, who shows that farmers voted for Trump in '24 because they benefitted from bailouts in his 1st term. And they expect more loot in his 2nd. www.youtube.com/watch?v=badG...

It’s a very “Christian” thing to deny emergency care to those in need. Wait- OMG, it isn’t??? Pro-life isn’t actually what they care about? I should listen to the Pope? www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion. Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.

My god. “Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

One reason I donate to #Wikipedia. More, though, is that without doubt, it's going to hit by a tsunami of suppression very soon, as it's anathema to all that the Trumpist regime and its techbro billionaire fanboys stand for. Without global support, it will be destroyed. 1/4

"Stephen Miller confessed that when he uses such dehumanizing language he is, 'using this language to mark people. To put a target on them. … It is a message [he] is sending to all the crazies and lunatics out there' to go target the people he dehumanizes."

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

“Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love. “ ~Jane Goodall April 3, 1934-October 1, 2025 Thank you Jane for your compassion and love.

Here are three more factual statements: 1. 25,000 of Mike Johnson's constituents are about to lose health care 2. 27,000 more are about to have their premiums skyrocket. 3. A 60 year old couple in his district would pay $19,000 more a year.

Another brutal jobs report. The economy lost 32,000 jobs in September, and August was revised from +54,000 all the way down to -3,000. That’s not just a slowdown—it’s a collapse. The economy is clearly in trouble under Trump, and Republicans are still in total denial.

This. THIS. 1000x THIS. 🔥 open.substack.com/pub/twvme/p/...

Read it. ⭐️ And then subscribe to read it every day. Best news summary out there IMO open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Whew!

If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump: SD - Up 235%
LA - Up 150%
WV - Up 387%
WY - Up 382%
TN - Up 320%
MS - Up 314%
AK - Up 346% Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.

BREAKING: Judge William Young finds that Noem, Rubio, DHS, and State "deliberately" sought to restrict non-citizens' First Amendment rights. "'No law' means 'no law.' The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction ...." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Just gonna keep tapping the sign* *𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

New in PN: Trump attempts a major step toward dictatorship "So far, nothing he's done has prompted a critical mass of Republicans to speak out about his abuses of power. And in his address to military brass, Trump signaled he intends to go much further."

lol wow

Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in a Democrat who won in a landslide.

According to Trump who owns a government shutdown? The President.

Project 2025 referenced shrinking farmers access to foreign markets, restricting growth opportunities for producers. (p. 307)

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

I don't want 100 troops sent to Chicago. It's a major escalation that must be opposed. I also want folks to understand that the agents that have been attacking us at Broadview are more heavily armed and elaborately, tactically outfitted than National Guard troops would be. We're already in some shit

There is no bailout that will solve this problem. It took decades to create the markets for beans and months to devastate the markets for beans. NY Times: China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. [52% of exports] Now, It’s $0.

We need this. youtube.com/shorts/NJHZ_...